Operations Console for IBM i logical partitions
Operations Console allows you to use a local or remote PC to access IBM® i on logical partitions. Operations Console is an installable component of IBM i Access for Windows licensed program.
You can use Operations Console to connect to IBM i logical partitions over a network (LAN connection).
The management tasks that you can perform using Operations Console
depend upon whether you are managing your logical partitions using
a Hardware Management Console (HMC) or using the Virtual Partition Manager on IBM i:
- If you are using an HMC to manage your logical partitions, you can use Operations Console to access IBM i on your IBM i logical partitions.
- If you are using the Virtual Partition Manager on IBM i to manage your logical partitions, you can use Operations Console to access IBM i on your IBM i logical partitions. In turn, you can use Operations Console to access the Virtual Partition Manager on your IBM i logical partitions. This allows you to create up to four Linux logical partitions on the managed system and manage the resources for all logical partitions on the managed system.
The following figure shows a partitioned server with an HMC and local console on a network.
